who are described as having been invested with the barony of Fowlis, in Ross-shire, by Malcolm Canmore, A.D. 1024. This ancient clan are said by Macaulay and other writers to have adhered to the side of William of Orange, and to have been hostile to the last of the Stuarts; but Dr. Alexander Monro seems to have inherited the more ancient royalist sentiments of the family, who are described by Buchanan as coming to the aid of Mary queen of Scots, with their followers, when attacked by the reformers of those days.

Dr. James Monro was born in Scotland 2nd September, 1680, and accompanied his father to England in 1691. At a proper age he was entered at Balliol college, Oxford, and as a member of that house proceeded A.B. 15th June, 1703; A.M. 3rd June, 1708; M.B. 25th May, 1709; and M.D. 9th July, 1722. He commenced practice in London, was admitted a Candidate of the College of Physicians 23rd December, 1728, and a Fellow 22nd December, 1729. Dr. Monro was elected physician to Bethlem hospital 9th October, 1728; he delivered the Harveian oration in 1737; and, dying at Sunning-hill, Berks, in the night of the 4th November, 1752, aged seventy-two, was buried in the church there. His son, Dr. John Monro, in his "Remarks on Dr. Battie's Treatise on Madness," 8vo. Lond. 1758, writes thus of this estimable physician: "He was a man of admirable discernment, and treated this disease (insanity) with an address that will not soon be equalled. He knew very well that the management requisite for it was never to be learned but by observation; he was honest and sincere; and, though no man was more communicative upon points of real use, he never thought of reading lectures upon a subject that can be understood no otherwise than by personal observation physic he honoured as a profession, but he despised it as a trade. However partial I may be to his memory, his friends acknowledge this to be true, and his enemies will not venture to deny it."

A good portrait of this physician has recently been

presented to the College by his descendant, Henry Monro, M.D., a Fellow of the College.

WILLIAM WOODFORD, M.D., was born in Hampshire, and educated at Winchester, which he entered in 1701. Elected thence to New college, Oxford, he proceeded B.C.L. 22nd May, 1706; M.B. and M.D. 26th November, 1724. He was admitted a Candidate of the College of Physicians 23rd December, 1728; a Fellow 22nd December, 1729; and was Censor in 1733. Dr. Woodford was appointed Regius professor of Physic at Oxford 2nd April, 1730. On the 2nd August, 1734, he announced to the College his intention of leaving London and settling in Oxford. He retained the regius professorship until his death, which occurred at Bath on the 13th November, 1758. Dr. Woodford presented to the College, in 1738, the portrait of Dr. Croone, now in the Censors' room, and also the copy of " of "Scriptores de Re Rusticâ, impressa Regii," 1496, which had once belonged to our first president, Linacre.

FRANCIS CLIFTON, M. D., was a native of Norfolk, and a doctor of medicine of Leyden, of 1724. His inaugural essay on that occasion, "De distinctis et confluentibus Variolis," 4to., was reprinted by Haller in his "Disputationes ad Morborum Historiam et Curationem facientes." Dr. Clifton was admitted a fellow of the Royal Society 29th June, 1727. He was created doctor of medicine at Cambridge (comitiis Regiis) 26th April, 1728; was admitted a Candidate of the College of Physicians 23rd December, 1728; a Fellow, 22nd December, 1729; and delivered the Gulstonian lectures in 1732. He was physician to the prince of Wales, but resigned that office and left London in 1734. His name disappears from the list of the College in 1737. He was the author of the following works:

Tabular Observations recommended as the surest way of improving Physick. 8vo. Lond. 1731.

The State of Physick, ancient and modern, briefly considered. 8vo. Lond. 1732.

Proposals for Printing, by subscription, all the works of Hippocrates in Greek and Latin, digested in a new and regular manner.

The intended publication did not meet with sufficient encouragement, and never appeared.

A Translation of Hippocrates upon Air, Water, and Situation, Epidemicks, &c. 8vo. Lond. 1734.

HIS GRACE CHARLES DUKE OF RICHMOND was created doctor of medicine at Cambridge (comitiis Regiis), 1728. He was elected a Fellow of the College of Physicians 25th June, 1728, but was not actually admitted until December, 1729. The duke died 8th May, 1750.

THOMAS RUSSE was admitted an Extra-Licentiate of the College 23rd January, 1729-30. He practised at Chelmsford.

JOHN OLDFIELD, M.D., was born in Surrey, and on the 23rd September, 1717, being then twenty-seven years of age, was entered on the physic line at Leyden. He graduated doctor of medicine there in 1718 (D.M.I. de Causis Motum Sanguinis circularem per vasa corporis animalis promoventibus ac obstantibus). He was created doctor of medicine at Cambridge (comitiis Regiis), 26th April, 1728. He was admitted a Candidate of the College of Physicians 25th June, 1729; a Fellow 25th June, 1730; and was Censor in 1735. Dr. Oldfield was appointed physician to Guy's hospital 21st April, 1725. He died 25th June, 1748.

THOMAS PARRATT, M.D., was born in Huntingdonshire, and was the son of Thomas Parratt, of Calworth, in that county. He was educated at Huntingdon school under Mr. Matthews, was admitted a pensioner of St. John's college, Cambridge, 8th June, 1703, aged seventeen, his father being then dead. He proceeded M.B. 1710; M.D. 1722; was admitted a Candidate of the College of Physicians 30th September, 1729; and a Fel

low 30th September, 1730. His name disappears from the list in 1741.

JOSHUA YOUNG, of Cheshunt, was admitted an ExtraLicentiate of the College 5th April, 1731. His library was sold in 1757.

SAMUEL PYE, M.D.--A native of London, and a doctor of medicine of Glasgow, of 20th January, 1720; was admitted a Licentiate of the College of Physicians 12th April, 1731. He died at Bromley, near Bow, 2nd February, 1772; and was the author of

Some Observations on the several Methods of Lithotomy. 4to. Lond. 1724.

An Enquiry into the Legal Constitution of the Royal College of Physicians in London. 8vo. Lond. 1753.

JOHN NEWINGTON, M.D., was born in Surrey, and educated at Queen's college, Oxford. He proceeded A.B. 21st April, 1719; A.M. 28th April, 1722; M.B. 5th July, 1725; M.D. 6th July, 1728; was admitted a Candidate of the College of Physicians 25th June, 1730; and a Fellow 25th June, 1731. Dr. Newington practised at Greenwich, and died there 22nd January, 1771. His only literary effort was the Harveian oration for 1738.

SAMUEL DWIGHT, A.M., was a son of John Dwight, gent., of Wigan, and was for a short time at St. Peter's, Westminster, where he was admitted in 1686. Removing thence, however, in 1687, to Oxford, he was admitted a commoner of Christ church, and as a mem ber of that house proceeded A.B. 23rd May, 1691; A.M. 14th February, 1693. He was admitted a Licentiate of the College of Physicians 25th June, 1731. He practised at Fulham and died there 10th November, 1737. According to the "Gentleman's Magazine," vol. vii, "he was the first that found out the

secret to colour earthenware like china." He was the author of

De Vomitione et Purgatione, eorumque excessu curando, necnon de Emeticis Medicamentis, de Catharticis, de Variolis et Morbillis. 8vo. Lond. 1722.

De Hydropibus. 8vo. Lond. 1725.

De Febribus Symptomaticis. 8vo. Lond. 1731.

ROBERT PORTER, M.D.--A native of London, was on the 16th September, 1726, being then twenty-three years of age, entered on the physic line at Leyden, where he graduated doctor of medicine 25th July, 1727 (D.M.I. de Natura Vasorum in corpore humano). He was admitted a Licentiate of the College of Physicians 25th June, 1731. He died in 1735 or 1736.

JONATHAN BROOKE, M.D.-A native of Warwickshire; admitted a Licentiate of the College of Physicians 30th September, 1731. At that time he had no degree in arts or medicine; but on the 3rd August, 1733, he was created doctor of medicine by the university of St. Andrew's. Dr. Brooke practised midwifery, and died 12th March, 1735.

JAMES TAVERNER, M.B., was born at Malden, in Essex, and on the 17th March, 1725, was admitted a pensioner of Clare hall, Cambridge, under Mr. Greene. As an undergraduate of Clare hall, Cambridge, he was admitted an Extra-Licentiate of the College of Physicians 18th February, 1731-2. He practised for a time at Sudbury, co. Suffolk, but after a few years removed to Witham, in Essex, where a medicinal spring had recently been discovered. To it high medicinal virtues were for a time assigned, and much benefit to the town was anticipated. The great hall of the mansion of New hall, near Chelmsford, was bought and translated to Witham for an assembly room; but the whole project soon came to nothing. Taverner proceeded bachelor of medicine at Cambridge in 1733; and published "An Essay on the Witham Spa." 8vo. Lond. 1737.